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  Who's editing gristmill?

  I was appalled to see this posted here with that caption.

  At least David Roberts had a poignant first comment.

  What did the protest accomplish? All the protesters did, in effect, was distract EDF employees for a whole morning.

  What does that mean? A couple less hours were spent by EDF employees educating people on the hill about the importance of acting on global warming.

  When has cap-and-trade been discredited? Are these protesters going to travel to Seattle next to go after David Roberts and others advocating stringent cap-and-trade policies?

  And what's the alternative to cap-and-trade? A tax? They're different means to the same goal, which is to set a price on the negative externalities caused by carbon emssions

  Perhaps they're against USCAP, but then why is EDF the target? Why not go protest Jonathan Lash at WRI who was instrumental in starting the coalition or others at NRDC or the National Wildlife Foundation? USCAP right now is the most effective talking point in Washington when lobbying for carbon legislation.On Taking on corporate America's faves posted 11 months, 1 week ago 8 Responses

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  I know that you can only list 15...

  but no Andrew Bird? Why? what gives?On 15 Green Musicians and Bands posted 1 year, 8 months ago 29 Responses

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  Now over later

  Dave, if short-term benchmarks really are what's most important as you said in a previous post then why should we be waiting? There is no guarantee that a dem president would use all their political capital in their first year for passing a lefty climate bill and it might be put on the ropes until say... 2012.

  If that's the case then instead of reducing at 2-3% to meet the 2020 benchmarks, we'll have to reduce by 4-5%, and I promise you that will have a much more noticeable impact on our economy.

  Though there may be reason to have beef with ED, remember that the Sierra Club has been largely inneffective for the past 25 years.On Is it important to push climate legislation through this year? posted 1 year, 9 months ago 19 Responses

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  Hopefully...

  They'll be asked a question or 2 at the Boca Raton debate where Environmental Defense  is one of the underwriters.

  The fact that Environmental Defense is involved with a Republican debate though might cause Glenn Hurowitz and Chris Bowers' brains to explode. On Schwarzenegger: posted 1 year, 9 months ago 5 Responses

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  Good points

  Thanks for making these points. While L-W isn't the perfect bill, it is a HUGE first step. It will, however, continue to be important to stay focused on the long-term GHG reduction goals for 2050 and even 2100 (!).

  In my opinion, the chatter for 80% by 2050 has prevented a more substantive debate from occurring about where L-W actually stands compared to the other bills.

  It's also great that you continue to focus on allocation from a fairness standpoint, but it needs to be stated somewhere that allocation does not effect GHG reductions. Even if permits are handed out to corrupt companies, GHG emissions will decline regardless. Too often, I've heard that the scientific consensus indicates that there must be a 100% auction of permits to mitigate the effects of climate change which is completely false and misleading.On On Lieberman-Warner, long-term emissions targets, and picking a trajectory posted 1 year, 11 months ago 11 Responses